teapot

Summary

Public: Teapot in the form of a house, white salt-glazed stoneware, with snake spout and bird's head finial. Private: Teapot in the form of a house, three-storied on one side, two-storied on the other, with a central pediment on the roof at the front and back; and at the sides a small tree and the figure of a man. Spout in the form of a hand grasping a snake; flat strap-handle with ogee sides and a slightly incised pattern in the centre; flat, rectangular lid with knob in the form of a bird's head.